Assistant Professor – Agriculture – Food Science
Blacksburg,
Virginia, United States
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Closing
Date:
5 Nov 2012
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Agriculture, Food and VeterinaryTeaching - Tertiary
Founded in
1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech (http://www.vt.edu/) is the most
comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is among the top
research universities in the nation. Today, Virginia Tech’s nine colleges are
dedicated to quality, innovation, and results through teaching, research, and
outreach activities. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and
other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads,
Richmond, Southside, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000
undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100
countries in 180 academic degree programs.
Through its
land-grant mission of research, teaching, and extension, the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences (www.cals.vt.edu) has been instrumental
in helping agriculture and other life science industries make significant
strides in improving people’s lives. Today’s College is adapting to society’s
expectations and needs by focusing its resources and efforts on improving
human health and nutrition, sustaining agriculture and the environment,
reducing the reliance on fossil fuels, and developing cures for devastating
and debilitating diseases. Nearly 3,000 students are pursing degrees in the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The College has 12 academic
departments, 11 Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) and a
presence in every county in the Commonwealth through Virginia Cooperative
Extension. Today, in addition to two-year associate degrees, the college
grants bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
Virginia Tech
and Carilion Clinic have partnered to develop the
Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine and
Research Institute. Carilion Clinic, headquartered
in Roanoke, Virginia is an integrated multispecialty clinic consisting of
nearly 500 physicians within an integrated group practice dedicated to
excellence in patient care, medical education, and translational research.
Within Carilion Clinic is a robust primary care
regional network spanning 72 sites across all of southwest Virginia. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is an 835 bed tertiary
academic medical center serving southwest Virginia and beyond. Carilion has another seven hospitals, a multi-state
clinical laboratory, and a complement of outpatient centers. Carilion serves as the medical hub for southwestern
Virginia with over 1,400 licensed beds, annual hospital admissions of 52,000
and approximately 1 million combined patient visits per year. The Virginia
Tech-Carilion School of Medicine and Research
Institute provide many collaborative opportunities for conducting translation
research. In addition, there is approximately 7000 sq. ft
of clinical research facilities which are in close proximity to Carilion Clinic and clinician collaborators.
Position
Summary
The Department
of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (http://hnfe.vt.edu) invites applications
for a 9-month tenure-track faculty appointment with research and teaching
responsibilities at the level of Assistant Professor. The position is a 60%
research and 40% teaching appointment (negotiable depending on interest and
preference). We are looking for an outstanding individual who will contribute
to our translational research mission and strengthen our priority area of
“Foods and Health.” We are seeking an individual who is trained in food
science and nutrition.
Research areas
of interest include, but are not limited to gut microbiome,
immune function, sensory attributes of food and satiety, genetic and neural
preferences of taste (related to energy regulation), starch digestion, and
nutritional effects of food processing. Preference will be given to
candidates that can interface with our molecular, clinical, or behavioral
research groups focusing on obesity and chronic disease prevention.
Collaborations with faculty in the Department of Food Science and Technology
are also encouraged. The candidate should have appropriate teaching
experience and the desire to contribute to a dynamic and robust teaching
program and the training of dietetics students for careers in industry, research,
and practice. The successful candidate will be expected to teach the
equivalent of one undergraduate foods course per semester and contribute to
graduate student training.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The candidate
is expected to:
·
Develop a nationally and internationally recognized
extramurally-funded research program to complement and expand research
programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, with an emphasis on
foods and health;
·
Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses in food
science topic area for accredited dietetics program;
·
Direct and assist in training graduate students at
both the M.S. and Ph.D. levels;
·
Participate in service and outreach.
Required
Qualifications
·
Ph.D. in food science, or combined food science/
nutrition degree;
·
Teaching experience;
·
History of refereed publications;
·
The ability to work independently and
collaboratively on research;
·
Written and interpersonal communication skills;
·
Commitment to quality student education.
Preferred
Qualifications
·
Post-doctoral training and/or food industry
experience;
·
Experience in grant writing
Employment
Conditions
Must have a
criminal background check
Employment
Comments
Virginia Tech
has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity, and in that spirit
seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, people of color, and
people with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities desiring
accommodations in the application process should notify us by the review
date.
Review of
applications will begin November 5th, 2012 and continue until the position is
filled.
Interested
individuals should electronically submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
research statement, teaching statement, and names and addresses of three
professional references at http://www.jobs.vt.edu (posting
#0122360).
Correspondence
should be addressed to:
Dr. Young H.
Ju Chair, Search Committee Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise,
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-6168, yhju@vt.edu
Apply online
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